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or her lifetime. They include happiness, self-respect, recognition, inner harmony,
leading a prosperous life, and professional excellence.
b) Instrumental values
Instrumental values deal with views on acceptable modes of conductor means of
achieving the terminal values. These include being honest, sincere, ethical, and being
ambitious. These values are more focused on personality traits and character.
3.7 Employee Personality and Values to the Workplace
How well the individual’s personality and values match the organization. Why? Because
managers today are less interested in an applicant’s ability to perform a specific job than
with his or her flexibility to meet changing situations and commitment to the organization.
a) Person-Job Fit according to John Holland’s Personality-Job Fit Theory
The effort to match job requirements with personality characteristics is best
articulated in John Holland’s personality–job fit theory. Figure 3.1, Holland presents
six personality types and proposes that satisfaction and the propensity to leave a
position depend on how well individuals match their personalities to a job.
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